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HEEL.

No. 606,229. Patented une 28, 1898.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 606,229, dated June 28, 1898. Application filed December 27,1897. Serial No. 663,460. on; model.)

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it consists in certain peculiarities of construction and combination of parts hereinafter set forth, with reference to the accompa-.

nying drawings, and subsequently claimed.

Figure 1 of the drawings represents a plan view of a heel provided with means for its ready permanent attachment to a boot or shoe sole, and Fig. 2 a transverse sectional view of the heel connected to a sole.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A represents a heel made separate from a boot or shoe sole and properly finished, this heel being provided with a longitudinal central cav: ity at the top. The cavity may be open, as herein shown, or, if found desirable in practice, the upper layer of the heel may be made to cover said cavity, this being a matter of structural detail that in no way affects the scope of my invention.

The upper cavity in the heel is sufficiently wide to permit the play of a pair of clampslides B 0, herein shown as being recurved metal plates that interlock in one position of their adjustment and have outwardlyextended hook-arms b c,that move in corresponding guide-grooves with which said heel is provided. The hook ends of the plate-arms b c are for engagement with boot or shoe sole D, and a hook-plate d, made fast to the central rear upper portion of the heel, also engages with said sole.

Near its forward end the bend of the clam pslide 0 is shown provided with an aperture 6 for the engagement of a spurfiprojecting from a longitudinal edge of a lock-plate E, that is pushed into engagement with the recurved edges of said clamp-slides to lock the latter in their engagement with a boot or shoe sole.

Heels of the kind herein shown may be attached to soles of boots or shoes by manufacturers of such goods to take the place of heels that are generally built on said soles, layer upon layer, pegged or nailed in place; but they are especially designed as substitutes for the latter kind of heels after the same have become worn, or knock off, and the construction and arrangement of parts being such that the services of a shoemaker arenot necessary -in making the substitution.

To attach a heel such as I have shownaud described, the clamp-slides are adjusted laterally as far as their interlocking rec urv'ed longitudinal inner edges will permit. The heel is then set in place so as to have its rear hookplate cl engage with the boot or shoe sole, af-

ter which said clamp-slides are pushed in to a cause engagementof their hook-arms h c with said sole, and then the lock-plate E is forced into place to effectively maintain the union of said heel and sole, there being permanent engagement of lock-plate spur f with the ap erture e in the bend of one of the aforesaid clamp-slides.

The rear hook-plate cl of the heel prevents the latter from working forward on the boot or shoe sole, and lock-plate E is virtually a wedge that operates to spread the clamp-slides B O apart and cause draw of theirhook-arms on said sole.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A heel having an upper cavity, a pair of clamp slides consisting of recurved metal plates having a lateral adjustment in the heelcavity and provided with o utwardlyextended hook-arms movable in corresponding guides in the heel, a wedging lock-plate engageable with the clamp-slides, and a hook-plate fast to the rear upper portion of said heel, this hook-plate and hook-arms of said clamp-slides being for engagement with a boot or shoe sole.

2. A heel having an upper cavity,,a pair of clamp slides consisting of recurved metal plates having lateral adjustment in theheelcavity and provided with outwardly-extended hook-arms movable in corresponding guides in the heel, a wedging lock-plate engageable with the clampslides and provided with a lat- 'eral spur that enters an aperture in the bend have hereunto set my hand, at VVanpaca, in of one of said slides, and a hook-plate fast to the county of \Vaupaea and State of Viscouthe rear upper portion of said heel, this hooksin, in the presence of two witnesses. plate and hook-arms of the aforesaid clampslides being for engagement with a boot or Vitnesses: shoe sole. A. L. WILLIAMS,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I J. M. HAWKINS.

JAMES E. ONEILL. 

